PLANT CURES

Make Room for Mushrooms, The Elixir of Life

by David Askaripour

shitake mushroom

“The Elixir of Life” and the “King of Herbs,” the mushroom holds it own in the world of medicine and healing. A fungus native to the region of Japan, used for over 2000 years, mushrooms have been used to flavor foods and provide excellent sources of amino acids, proteins, and iron.

What Makes Mushrooms so Powerful

Mushrooms contain respectable amounts of:

The family of B Vitamins are essential for optimal health, needed for over 100 enzymes that carry our protein metabolism and helping your red blood cells to function properly.

“The B vitamins work together to boost metabolism, enhance the immune system and nervous system, keep the skin and muscles healthy, encourage cell growth and division, and other benefits to your body…”

Vitamin Deals

Medicinal Value of Mushrooms

Dating back from ancient Chinese and Japanese times, the mushroom has been used as a dried herb to treat respiratory ailments, circulatory and liver disease. Shitake mushrooms in particular have been shown to have tumor-inhibiting properties, making it a powerhouse against cancer. And for all you vegans out there, shitake ‘shrooms provide a solid — non animal — source of vitamin D.

The Reshi Mushroom ( Ganoderma lucidum ) is popular for it life-increasing properties. Used both as a curative and preventative with consistent use, reshi mushrooms were historically kept in secrecy by ancient emperors. Some of it’s uses:

Mushrooms most definitely make the list of not only powerful alternative medicines, but as a great inclusion into any diet. Fungus never looked so good.

[image credit: by Laurie]

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  1. Matt Hanson

    February 1st, 2008 at 1:40 pm

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  2. David Askaripour

    February 2nd, 2008 at 4:18 pm

    Thanks so much, Matt! We’re so glad that you found Skrewtips — that’s awesome. We’ll most certainly continue doing what we’re doing.

    Dave
    Skrewtips Team Member

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    February 2nd, 2008 at 5:20 pm

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